Jerrel Wilson
| Jerrel Wilson | |
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Position (s): Punter |
Jersey numbers: 44, 4 |
| born on October 4, 1941 in New Orleans , Louisiana | |
| died on April 9, 2005 in Bronson , Texas | |
| Career information | |
| Active : 1963 - 1978 | |
| NFL Draft : 1963 / Round: 17 / Pick: 225 | |
| AFL Draft : 1963 / Round: 11 / Pick: 88 | |
| College : University of Southern Mississippi | |
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| Career statistics | |
| Games | 217 |
| Number of punt | 1,072 |
| the resulting gain in space | 46,139 yards |
| Stats at pro-football-reference.com | |
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Jerrel Douglas Wilson (born October 4, 1941 in New Orleans , Louisiana , USA , † April 9, 2005 in Bronson , Texas ), nickname : Thunderfoot or The Duck , was an American football player . He played as a punter in the American Football League (AFL) and in the National Football League (NFL) for the Kansas City Chiefs and New England Patriots .
Player career
Jerrel Wilson studied at the University of Southern Mississippi , for whose football team, the Southern Miss Golden Eagles , he popped up. Wilson was both the 1963 Los Angeles Rams of the NFL, as well as the Kansas City Chiefs of the AFL drafted . He joined the Chiefs trained by Hank Stram . Already in his rookie year he attracted attention throughout the league when he set the best performance of the year with 72 yards of space gained by a punt. In 1966 Wilson was able to celebrate the first great success with his team. The Chiefs won after a main round with eleven wins from 14 games, the AFL championship game with 31: 7 against the Buffalo Bills . Wilson was used in the game six times and achieved a gain of 254 yards. With this victory Wilson was able to move into the AFL-NFL Championship Game against the Green Bay Packers supervised by Vince Lombardi . The Chiefs had to admit defeat 35:10 in the game, which was later renamed Super Bowl I. Wilson came to seven missions and achieved a space gain of 317 yards with his punts.
In 1969, Wilson was able to win his only Super Bowl title. The Chiefs had again won eleven of 14 games in the main round. After a 13: 6 win in the play-offs against the reigning Super Bowl winner New York Jets , the Oakland Raiders were defeated 17: 7 in the AFL final. With eight punts and a gain of 343 yards, Jerrel Wilson managed to keep the Raiders team away from their own home zone . Opponents in Super Bowl IV were the Minnesota Vikings , who lost 23: 7 to the team from Kansas City .
Wilson has achieved numerous annual bests throughout his career. In 1964 and 1973 he achieved the largest gain in space of a year with 3,326 and 3,642 yards. His average gain of space per punt was five times the league's top value. Jerrel Wilson joined the New England Patriots in 1978 and retired after that year.
After the career
Jerrel Wilson lived in Texas after his playing career . He died of cancer and is buried in McAdams Cemetery in Crabbs Prairie , Texas.
Honors
Wilson played three times in the Pro Bowl , the final game of the best players of the season. He was voted All-Pro seven times . He is a member of the Kansas City Chiefs Hall of Fame , the NFL 1970s All-Decade Team, and the AFL All-Time Team .
Web links
- obituary
- Jerrel Wilson at the Kansas City Chiefs Hall of Honor
- Jerrel Wilson in the Find a Grave database
source
- Jens Plassmann: NFL - American Football. The game, the stars, the stories (= Rororo 9445 rororo Sport ). Rowohlt, Reinbek near Hamburg 1995, ISBN 3-499-19445-7 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Annual Statistics of the Kansas City Chiefs 1966
- ↑ Statistics AFL final 1966
- ↑ Annual Statistics of the Kansas City Chiefs 1969
- ↑ Statistics AFL final 1969
- ↑ Statistics Super Bowl IV
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Wilson, Jerrel |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Wilson, Jerrel Douglas |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American football player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 4, 1941 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | New Orleans , Louisiana , USA |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 9, 2005 |
| Place of death | Bronson, Texas, USA |